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On Skype, Cathy Byrd talks to poet Khadijah Queen about her creative practice and shares poems from her latest book, "Black Peculiar."
- Added: Jan 04, 2013
- Length: 15:03
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 12:52
- Added: Nov 23, 2011
- Length: 04:01
In his poem "Autobiography," Joe Brainard tells us who he is. Some of the things that make him unique challenge the status quo of 1950s Tulsa, wher...
- Added: Nov 07, 2011
- Length: 03:30
We visit a group of campers who read "Building a Frog," an evocative poem by John Wooley. With the sounds of the forest, cicadas, crickets and frog...
- Added: Sep 29, 2011
- Length: 02:17
Three of Miami’s cultural organizers talk about the power of art in building community.
- Added: Aug 08, 2011
- Length: 31:44
During the first half of this program, Marc Hendrix talks about his book, 'Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country.' In the second half, KC Glaste...
Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
A short story in which a young man narrates a particular afternoon in the home of his mother, who has created a theater, of sorts, in which cats ar...
- Added: Dec 24, 2009
- Length: 22:19
A documentary poem about DJ Guerin, who’s 32, with 7 kids.
Bought by KFAI, WMNF, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Remix Radio
- Added: Nov 03, 2009
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 5
A documentary poem about an afternoon spent with Billie Jean Hill at the Flag Day parade in Troy, New York. Billie Jean is a 25-year-old woman with...
Bought by KFAI, WMNF, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound, New Hampshire Public Radio, BBC Americana and more
- Added: Nov 03, 2009
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 6
Terry Tempest Williams discusses her book which draws parallels between the Rwandan genocide and the plight of the Utah prairie dog
Bought by Moab Public Radio and KVMR
- Added: May 05, 2009
- Length: 23:57
- Purchases: 2
Remembering days at a gritty but still summery Bronx beach.
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: 04:51
An experimental audio documentary/sound collage on people's perceptions of scents.
- Added: May 14, 2008
- Length: 14:27
Two women, with two very different outlooks. They both would like your attention. Frankly, they demand your attention.
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Jul 13, 2006
- Length: 10:11
- Purchases: 1
You're at a party. There's a conversation going on behind you. You really shouldn't be listening. Really.
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Jul 13, 2006
- Length: 06:39
- Purchases: 1
International poet Mani Rao, a recent writer-in-residence at the University of Iowa International Writing Program, has received world-wide recognit...
- Added: Apr 21, 2006
- Length: 18:32
- Added: Jun 10, 2005
- Length: 27:50
- Purchases: 2
The story of how a poet inspired a painter to draw a picture about a poem that had, in turn, been inspired by a piece of the painter's work.
- Added: Mar 27, 2005
- Length: 05:20
- Purchases: 4
Iranian born Firoozeh Dumas' Audio Diary of a first time author
Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN, WFUV, WYSO, and PRX Administrator
- Added: Sep 06, 2003
- Length: 18:02
- Purchases: 5
